Tae Kwon Do History

Tae Kwon Do is a Korean martial art started in the first century B.C. "Tae Kwon Do",
when translated means "the way of punching and kicking." This ancient art of defense and fighting
was passed down family to family from generation to the next. The martial art of Tae Kwon Do,
was brought in to the United States in the 1950s, and the first school was organized in the early 1970s in the Midwest. The World Tae Kwon Do Federation is headquartered at the Kukkiwon in Seoul, Korea.
It is central governing body and headquarters of the traditional Tae Kwon Do schools. Tae Kwon Do
is instructed under a lot of different schools all governed by the WTF. The Chang Moo Kwan
is one of the eight traditional Korean Tae Kwon Do schools forming the WTF. This or school, is held  by Great Grand Master Soon Bae Kim. His protege,  Grand Master Moo Yong Yum, came to the United States in the 1970s to begin instructing. Grand Master Lee is a student of Grand Master Yun and carries on the tradition of Tae Kwon Do in North Dakota, South Dakota, Minnesota and Wisconsin.